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Sheffield DocFest · 2022

Sheffield DocFest 2022

Journeys

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11 films · 4 reviews

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Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limit

A record of a Czech rock climber’s career and his preparations for the debut of the climbing competition at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

(Country: Czech Republic, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Jan Simanek, Petr Záruba)

Beba

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Like the best of these sorts of essay films, Huntt is intimate without being unnecessarily introspective.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
We follow Afro-Latina filmmaker Rebeca Huntt, the titular Beba, as she takes us on the journey through her experience growing up.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Rebeca Huntt; Writer: Rebeca Huntt; Stars: Rebeca Huntt)

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Four Journeys

A second-born child during the height of China’s one-child policy, Louis Hothothot returns home to reconcile decades of guilt and familial discord.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2021; Director: Louis Hothothot; Writer: Louis Hothothot)

I Didn't See You There

Review preview for I Didn't See You There

An important film.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Reid Davenport; Writer: Reid Davenport; Stars: Reid Davenport)

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Ladies Only

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If the aim was to ensure no fixed, easy portrait of Indian women emerges, Liz John is successful.

Sunil Chauhan · 3 out of 5
In the women-only compartments of Mumbai’s complex local train network, passengers share their anger, aspirations and stories of womanhood.

(Country: Germany, India; Year: 2021; Director: Rebana Liz John; Writer: Rebana Liz John)

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Master Of Light

A classical painter who spent ten years in federal prison travels to his hometown to paint his family members.

(Country: Netherlands, US; Year: 2022; Director: Rosa Ruth Boesten)

My Paper Life

An Iranian filmmaker befriends a Syrian family in Brussels and they communicate past traumas and future dreams through drawings.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Vida Dena; Writer: Vida Dena)

No Simple Way Home

The daughter of Rebecca and John Garang returns to South Sudan to document her mother’s attempts to forge peace on the political stage.

(Country: Kenya, South Africa; Year: 2022; Director: Akuol de Mabior; Writer: Akuol de Mabior; Stars: Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior)

No U-Turn

As a young man, celebrated Nigerian director Ike Nnaebue left Nigeria taking the route via Benin, Mali, and Mauritania to Morocco where he was forced to turn back, unable to reach Europe. In his first documentary, No U-Turn, he retraces the life-changing journey he made over 20 years ago.

(Country: France, Nigeria, South Africa, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Ike Nnaebue)

Off The Rails

Review preview for Off The Rails

Even if you've never given parkour a second thought, Day will help you to see it through fresh eyes but, more importantly, to see the boys behind the bravado and the stunts, trying to make their way in the world just like everybody else.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Two urbex and parkour-obsessed teenagers face-up to reality following the death of their friend.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Peter Day)

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Swing And Sway

A series of video letters inspired by experimental female filmmakers.

(Country: US, Brazil; Year: 2022; Director: Adriana Barbosa, Fernanda Pessoa)